Vending-machine.



J. H. WALTER. VENDING MACHINE. APPLIOATNN FILED NOV. 12, 1910.

Patented Oct. 3, 1911.

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J'. H. WALTER. VENDING MAGHINE. APPLICATION FILED NOV.12, 1910.

Patented Oct. 3, 1911.

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JOHN H. WALTER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GUSTAVREGELMANN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

VENDING-MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. VVALTER, a citizen of the United States, andresiding at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings andState of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Vending-Machines, ofwhich the following is a specification, such as will enable thoseskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to machines for vending articles of merchandiseand commonly known as coin operated vending machines; and the object ofthe invention is to provide an improved machine of this classparticularly designed for use in vending articles of merchandise in theform of small packages; a further object being to provide a machine ofthis class which is comparatively small and which may be attached to theback of theater seats, car seats or other supports where the spaceavailable is comparatively small; and with these and other objects inview the invention consists in a machine of the class specifiedconstructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accom panying drawing forms a part, in which the separateparts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference charactersin each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a right hand side view ofimproved vending machine looking in the direction of the arrow m of Fig.2 and on a reduced scale; Fig. 2a front View of the machine on the samescale as Fig. 1; Fig. 3 a horizontal sectional view on the line 3-3 ofFig. 2 and showing the top plate of the bottom portion of the machineremoved, said view being also on an enlarged scale; Fig. 4 a backelevation and vertical sectional view on the same scale as Fig. 3 andshowing the machine reversed or the right side turned to the left; Fig.5 a vertical section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4; Fig. 6 a partialvertical sect-ion on the line 66 of Fig. 3; Fig. 7 a view similar toFig. 3 but showing the parts in a different position and showing themethod of operating the machine; Fig. 8 a partial vertical section onthe line S8 of Fig. 7 Fig. 9 a view similar to Fig. 8 but showing only adetail thereof and showing said detail in a different position;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 12, 1910.

Patented Oct. 3, 1911. Serial No. 591,941.

Fig. 10 a perspective view of one of the operating levers of themachine, and ;Fig. 11 a similar view of another of said levers.

In the practice of my invention as shown in the drawing I provide acasing a comprising a horizontal bottom portion a and an upright topport-ion a and at the bottom of the upright top portion a the front walla of the casing is provided with a horizontal slot or opening a throughwhich the articles of merchandise to be vended are projected in theoperation of the machine as hereinafter described.

In the top part of the bottom portion a of the machine is a horizontalpartition plate 6 which, in the form of construction shown, is narrowerthan the bottom part a of the casing whereby a space 0 is formed betweensaid partition plate and the back wall a of the casing, and the frontright hand corner of the plate 5, in the form of construction shown, isalso cut out to form a rectangular recess 0 and the portion of saidplate cut out to form the recess 0 is bent downwardly to form a hangerZ2 as shown in Fig. 4E.

Pivoted on the partition plate 6 is a lever (Z which rangeslongitudinally of the bottom part a of the casing a and said lever isconnected with said plate by a headed screw or pin 6 which extends downthrough and below the plate 6 as shown in Fig. 4:.

The lever (Z is shown detached in Fig. 7 and the right hand end portion(Z thereof is cut away longitudinally and provided with downwardlydirected flange (Z having at its bottom edge a curved recess (Z and theflange (Z extends downwardly through the rectangular recess 0 in theplate 5. The right hand end portion of the lever (Z is provided with afiat oblong head 62 the front edge of which is preferably part-1ybeveled as shown at (Z and the inner corner edge of which is alsopreferably rounded as shown at (Z and in practice the head (Z of thelever (Z rests on the plate 6 and is movable forwardly and backwardlythereover and the back edge thereof is preferably provided with a recess(i Pivoted to and beneath the plate 6 at 0 is a lever f, the right handend portion f of which is provided with a forwardly directed L-shapedmember 7, and the lefthand end portion f of which is provided with ayoke-shaped head F, the side arms 7' of which are wedge-shaped in form.The hanger Z2 is provided with a slot 6 through which the right hand endportion f of the lever 7 passes, and said end portion of said lever inthe operation of the machine as hereinafter described swingshorizontally through the recess (P in the flange (Z of the end portion(Z of the lever (Z. The left hand end portion f" of the lever f rangesdownwardly and the head f" thereof is in a horizontal position, andconnected with the plate 6 directly over the head f of the lever is atubular casing the bottom of which is provided with an opening 9 asshown in Fig. 9, and a pin is passed upwardly through the casing g andupwardly through a hole in the plate I), and said pin is provided withinthe casing g with a transverse stop pin g between which and the lowerend of the casing g is a spiral spring which normally serves to hold thepin g in its raised position so that the upper end thereof projectsabove the plate 7). The lower end of the pin is provided with a head 9and said pin and head are provided with a lug at one side which strikesagainst the bottom of the casing g and normally holds the head at apredetermined distance below the bottom of said casing so as to form aspace or recess between said head and said casing, and in the operationof the machine as hereinafter described the yoke-shaped head f of thelever f or the side arms f thereof pass into said space or recess anddepress the pin so that the top thereof will be flush with the plate 5.

Connected with the front of the bottom portion of the casing (6 belowthe plate 6 is a spiral spring h which is also connected with the endportion f of the lever f, and the bottom part of the plate I) isprovided with a stop ha, and. the spring it normally serves to hold thelever f in the position shown in full and dotted lines in Fig. 7, andthe stop 7L2 serves to limit the backward movement of the right hand endportion of said lever.

Connected with the right hand end portion of the lever d is a spiralspring 7L which is also secured in the back portion of the casing a asshown at h, and this spring it serves to limit the forward movement ofsaid end portion of said lever while the forward movement of the lefthand end portion of said lever is limited by a stop 71,5 on the plate 6.

In the bottom portion a of the casing 64 and at a predetermined pointbelow the plate Z) is mounted a horizontal shaft 2', the right hand endportion of which projects through the bottom part of the casing a and isprovided with a hand Wheel 2' and mounted on the right hand end portionof said shaft within the casing a is a sleeve 7' provided with a radialarm 7' which is oblong in cross section and provided with an arc-shapedshield 7' which extends clownwardly and backwardly, and formed in theouter end of the arm 7' is a coin slot F, and a corresponding coin slotf is formed in the top of the bottom part a of the casing 64, andthrough which a coin is may be passed, and in the normal position of theparts the coin in when passed through the slot 7' will enter the slot jin the arm j as clearly shown in Figs. 3, 4; and 5.

In the front top portion a of the casing a is areceptacle m adapted toreceive articles a of merchandise, said receptacle being formed, in theconstruction shown, by the front and side walls of the top portion a ofsaid casing and inwardly directed flange or web members m connected withsaid side walls, and in practice any suitable means may be provided forpassing the packages n or merchandise into the receptacle m. In practicehowever, I prefer to make the back of the casing a and the bottomthereof integral and to connect said parts with the rest of the casingby sliding the back portion into position, said back portion of thecasing being provided at its opposite side edges with U-shaped keepers padapted to engage corresponding flanges on the sides of the casing asshown in Fig. 3 and with this construction I place on the bottom of thecasing a suitable lock device 1" having a bolt or catch adapted toengage the front'of the casing at T and the lock device r may beoperated by a key through the bottom of the casing or in any desiredmanner.

On the left hand end portion of the shaft 2' is placed a spiral spring0, one end of which is secured to said shaft at 0 and the other end tothe casing a or to a bearing for the said shaft secured to said casingas shown at 0 and the hand wheel 2' is provided with a slotz' throughwhich passes a pin 2' secured to the corresponding side portion of thecasing a through which said shaft passes, and the spring 0 serves tohold the shaft 2' and the arm 7' in their normal positions, or thatshown in Figs. 3, 4t and 5, while the pin i operating in the slot 2'serves to limit the rotation of said shaft in the operation of themachine as hereinafter described.

The operation will be readily understood from the foregoing descriptionwhen taken in connection with the accompanying drawing and the followingstatement thereof. In the normal position of the various parts of themachine the head [Z5 of the lever (Z rests on the plate 6 beneath thebottom ,of the package receptacle m as shown in Figs. 3 and 6, and theback of said receptacle is open at the bottom and the slot a in thefront of the casing a is in the same plane with the head (Z? of saidlever, and the packages 01 to be vended rest on said head. If now a coin7c'be passed down through the coin slot 7' it will drop into theposition shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5, and immediately in front of thefinger f of the L-shaped part f of the lever the side arms f of saidhead will pass be-- tween the head 9 of the pin 9 and the bot tom of thecasing g and will draw down said pin, and at this instant the coin isalso strikes the end (Z of the lever (Z and the head d of said lever isthrown backwardly and withdrawn from the bottom of the package orreceptacle n, and at this time the packages in said receptacle drop downand one of them rests on the plate 6, and as the shaft 2' is furtherturned and the levers (Z and f thrown into the position shown in fulland dotted lines in Fig. 7, and in dotted lines in Fig. 5, the coin 70passes beneath the end portions f and d of said levers and drops intothe bottom of the casing while the said levers are returned to thenormal positions by the springs 72. and if and in this operation thehead (I of the lever cl is thrown forwardly and strikes the bottompackage n and projects it forwardly through the slot a and thisoperation, may, as will be understood, be repeated as long as there areany packages in the receptacle m. The arcshaped shield j of the radialarm 7' in which the corner slot 7' is formed is intended for a guardagainst the insertion of a coin through the slot a in the casing 01 atanytime when the shaft 2' and the arm 7' are turned back or into theposition shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5, and the pin 9 is intended toprevent fraudulent operations, or the fraudulent removal of the packagesn. lVithout this pin an instrument might be inserted through the slot414 and the head (Z of the lever (Z forced backwardly in which event thepackages would drop on to the plate 6 and could be removed by hand orotherwise through the slot 4?, but with said pin in the position shownin Figs. 3 and 5, the head of the lever (Z can only be moved backwardlyin the operation of the machine as herein described.

While the construction shown and described is that which I prefer itwill be apparent that changes therein and modifications thereof may-bemade, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing fromthe spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages, and I reservethe right to make all such alterations in the said construction asfairly come within the scope of said claims.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a vending machine, a casing the top portion of which is providedwith a coin slot, a horizontal plate supported in the top portion ofsaid casing, a shaft mounted horizontally below said plate andtensionally held in a predetermined position and one end of which passesthrough said casing and is provided with a hand wheel, a fiat radial armconnected with said shaft and provided with a coin slot whichcorresponds with the coin slot in the top of the casing, a lever pivotedon said plate, one end of which ranges beneath and in front of the coinslot in the casing, another lever pivoted beneath said plate andprovided with a member which ranges parallel with and rearwardly of thecorresponding end of the first named lever, and means for holding saidlevers in their operative positions.

2. In a vending machine, a casing provided with a coin slot, ahorizontal plate mounted in said casing, and one corner portion of whichis cut away beneath and in front of said coin slot to form a recess, ashaft mounted beneath said plate and provided with a radial arm having aradial coin slot, said arm being also provided with a backwardlydirected arc-shaped shield, a spring supported pin mount-ed beneath theend portion of said plate opposite said recess and extending forwardlythrough said plate, a lever pivoted on said plate and one end of whichranges beneath and in front of the coin slot in the casing, and theother end of which is normally in front of said pin, another leverpivoted beneath said plate and one end of which is adapted to depresssaid pin and the other end of which is pro vided with a part whichextends parallel with and rearwardly of the corresponding end of thefirst named lever, said end of said first named lever being alsoprovided with a flange which extends downwardly through said recess, andterminal devices for holding said leversin their operative positions.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 11th day of November1910.

JOHN H. WALTER.

Witnesses:

B. M. RYERSON, C. E. MULREANY.

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